Whoa Whoa! Two back-to-back strong genre films I watched and both of them remakes! Now that’s a start(other one is The Crazies). So, I won’t lie. I thought this would suck, and of course, not to mention a couple of people were bitching it’s not good. I really gotta stop listening to people. I started watching it with the least expectation possible and ended up loving it.
Director: Dennis Iliadis.
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt, Aaron Paul, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome, Martha MacIsaac, Sara Paxton.
Synopsis: After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
The major turn-on for me was how disturbing the film was(okay so I never saw the original, I will though). From the point the situation in the film turned to total shit, the real deal began. There’s a near 45 minutes ‘holy-shit’ kinda disturbing scene that creates the base of the flick and from then on the film is either awkward(in a good way) or just fun. And fuck yeah I love me some good revenge!
“The characters of the movie from here on, were basically fucked!”
I never saw or at least noticed Tony Goldwyn before, but here he does a wonderful job as the doctor/mediocre good dad(lol that sounded awful, but that’s the best I could do). He showed some real good chops throughout the film and not for once did I think it was forced. The other actors did pretty good so it’s safe to say the acting was strong.
“Strong-ass performance.”
There are some horror films I love but have logic issues with, for example, The Collector(how the fuck did he manage all those traps!?) or A Nightmare On Elm Street original(you telling me the parents went nazi on a janitor’s ass just like that!?). So anyways, the build up of this remake was really strong and I could understand why, what was going on. Not for once did I feel like, “no that won’t happen in real life”, and I’m dragging ‘real life’ here because it is just a flat-out revenge flick.
Yes, I loved the fact that the characters in the flick made some smart moves and instead of running around like an idiot, they did effective stuff that made the film really fun to watch. One of the death scenes was wicked in a cool, gory and way frigging disturbing way(lol). Oh and some of the random stuff is used effectively(like the girl’s swimming talent).
Gore & Violence
The Last House On The Left remake is more on violence than gore. But still, we get some badass gore(hell yeah I cheered when the head exploded!). And mind you, it’s really really disturbing(images and a rape scene).
“The same guy from the first image. Lol, yes he suffered the most.”
Overall
This is a movie, I am really happy with, with no real complains, not even nit-pickings. I just thought it did everything pretty effectively OR, maybe I wasn’t expecting anything so thoroughly enjoyed what I got. Fuck that, it’s a great film with an awesome [climax(oh yeah!)]. Just go rent it if you haven’t seen it already thinking it will suck. For me, a 9 out of 10.
“Peaceful much!….Eh!?
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April 30, 2010 at 7:52 pm
ReelyBored
Very thorough review, as always! You know that thing that gets me about these remakes is that they are unoriginal and just rehashes of something that already existed, except this time around, they say, “Hey, I can do that better, but this is how I would do it!” This being the case, it damn well better be better or come close to the original. Let’s face it, remakes don’t always work [cough] I mean, re-imagining [cough] Rob Zombie’s Halloween [cough, then puke!]
April 30, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Ifaz
Glad you agree. Yes, agree with you on that. I gave Rob Zombie’s Halloween a 50-50 review, but I flat out hated it. Halloween II although had some major flaws, was better than the first one. The remake I hated most is, “Bloody Valentine 3-D”. Left me screaming at my computer screen lol.
April 30, 2010 at 8:24 pm
ReelyBored
Yes, My Bloody Valentine sucked bolas, for lack of a better word. The first RZ’s Halloween, was meh, but hated what he did to the Myers story. Did you really like the 2nd one better? I think I puked and punched a baby after that movie was done. That’s how much I hated it! lol
April 30, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Ifaz
No that stands for how much I HATED the first Halloween. I actually threw my cell phone around every time our Laurie screamed and squealed like a fucking…*breathing heavily*
The second one kept the slasher aspect right so at least that is a win. Although, the ghost-mommy bit was embarrassing lol.
April 30, 2010 at 8:54 pm
ReelyBored
LOL. Well, I thought the second spent more time following Michael around as a drifter. Either way, both bad movies = 2 thumbs down, massively!
April 30, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Ifaz
Yup. Rob Zombie is fired, someone else is doing Halloween 3-D. Let’s see how that turns out.
April 30, 2010 at 8:59 pm
ReelyBored
Yes, that should be interesting, to say the least
April 30, 2010 at 7:56 pm
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